A truckload of generators from the cancelled New York City marathon sat idle in Linden on Saturday, but not this one in Succasunna on Oct. 31. (L-R) Elmer Diaz gets help loading his new portable generator into the back of his SUV form Rich Martin. Diaz arrived at the Home Depot in Succasunna at 5 AM and was the first one in line. Both men are from Hopatcong.Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger

The generators were moved by truck from the New York City Marathon's staging area in Staten Island to Linden on Saturday where they idled for five hours before being hauled to National Grid's Far Rockaway power station, says the Post.